If you bounce around the majors, you'll find a variety of MLB ballparks big and small. No two stadiums are alike, and that's a good thing.
Baseball sharps take note of which parks favor hitters or pitchers. There are betting advantages and disadvantages camouflaged within each venue's towering wall or short porch.
Here's everything you need to know about which MLB ballparks are good or bad for dingers.
All Park Factor sabermetrics come via Baseball Savant.
Homer Heaven: Best MLB Ballparks for Home Runs
If you're someone who loves the value of a home run player prop, take note of the ballparks that can make or break your bet.
| Rank | Ballpark | HR Factor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankee Stadium (NYY) | 198 |
| 2 | Angel Stadium (LAA) | 198 |
| 3 | American Family Field (MIL) | 180 |
| 4 | Great American Ball Park (CIN) | 176 |
| 5 | Globe Life Field (TEX) | 166 |
| 6 | Petco Park (SDP) | 150 |
| 7 | Nationals Park (WAS) | 129 |
| 8 | Citizens Bank Park (PHI) | 125 |
| 9 | Comerica Park (DET) | 115 |
| 10 | Guaranteed Rate Field (CHI) | 114 |
| 11 | Tropicana Field (TB) | 110 |
| 12 | Minute Maid Park (HOU) | 102 |
| 13 | T-Mobile Park (SEA) | 102 |
| 14 | Oracle Park (SF) | 101 |
| 15 | Wrigley Field (CHC) | 98 |
| 16 | Coors Field (COL) | 95 |
| 17 | Dodger Stadium (LAD) | 95 |
| 18 | Busch Stadium (STL) | 94 |
| 19 | Truist Park (ATL) | 93 |
| 20 | Camden Yards (BAL) | 90 |
| 21 | Fenway Park (BOS) | 86 |
| 22 | Kauffman Stadium (KC) | 83 |
| 23 | Rogers Centre (TOR) | 83 |
| 24 | Target Field (MIN) | 74 |
| 25 | loanDepot Park (MIA) | 71 |
| 26 | Chase Field (ARI) | 70 |
| 27 | PNC Park (PIT) | 69 |
| 28 | Citi Field (NYM) | 63 |
| 29 | Progressive Field (CLE) | 61 |
| 30 | Oakland Coliseum (OAK) | 53 |
Yankee Stadium (198) - NYY
Surprise, surprise. Yankee Stadium cracks this list as one of the most notorious hitter-friendly venues in baseball. This season, Baseball Savant has awarded the park an MLB-high score of 198 (where 100 is average). That means, among pitchers and hitters who played at Yankee Stadium and elsewhere, 98% more homers were observed in the Bronx.
With a shallow 314-foot short porch in right field, one would think this park favors lefties more than righties. Nuh-uh. While left-handers have scored 148, righties have gone yard more frequently this season, scoring a whopping 250 on Savant's HR Park Factor.
Angel Stadium (198) - LAA
Angel Stadium scores identically to Yankee Stadium, which isn't terribly shocking given its reputation as a consistently hitter-friendly ballpark. This year, on HRs specifically, Anaheim is playing equal to Yankee Stadium at 198.
24 of the Angels' 34 home runs this season have come at home. For example, Shohei Ohtani is 3-for-11 (27%) on home runs at Angel Stadium this season compared to 3-for-13 (23%) on the road. That's not a glorious sample size, but as the season progresses, it'll be worth following those home/away HR trends to see if they expand.
Homer Hell: Worst MLB Ballparks For Home Runs
Maybe you love old-timey small ball? Maye you're scanning daily picks and want to fade a team with tons of sluggers? Either way, this will help inform your next move.
Oakland Coliseum (53) - OAK
There are many disasters plaguing this A's club at the moment, including record-breaking poor play, a relocation bid and attendance trouble, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how dreadful the ballpark is. A behemoth concrete monstrosity, the Coliseum is built more for football than baseball, and that's bad news for home-run hitters.
The walls are very high (as tall as 14 feet in some spots) and the corners are each 330 feet from home plate. This building swallows homers and spits them back onto the field for lousy extra-base hits. I'd reconsider any home run prop bets at the ol' Oakland Coliseum.
Progressive Field (61) - CLE
Progressive Field is pretty to look at, but Savant hates the park for longballs this season. Cleveland has scored 61 out of 100, meaning homers have been few and far between in The Land.
This ballpark is a nightmare for left-handed hitters thanks to an unnecessarily deep 410-foot center-field wall that only gradually diminishes to a 375-foot right-center power alley. All told, lefty hitters have generated a lowly score of 49 on Savant's HR factor, tied with Target Field in Minnesota for the worst score in MLB.
